Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-06-04
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
A morning hand bath in cold salt

"A morning hand bath in cold salt
water is delightfully."- migorating'
If the growth of a young pig is
suddenly checked he feels the force OF
the blow rs long as he lives.
Dat straw is readily eaten by sheep
and is Il healthiul food, especially II
harvested before the oats were ripe.
An employe careless enough to
smoke in barns or sheds among hay
or straw is usually not trustworthy Ut
other times, or at any work.
If you thoroughly systematic the
labor of the farm, drive work instead
of biting work drive you, success is
ceruin-Farm, Field and Stockmdn.
When keeping eggs turn them at
leas three times n week. This is to
prevent the yelk from adhcring to the
shell, as it may do if kept too long in
oncposition.
Hens are early risrs and if they
have to wait till eight o'clock for their
breakfast it makes them impatient and
mnasy for at least Il part of the day.
Christian at Work.
No one can keep fowls %proftably
co'ered with vcrmin, II surrounded by
filh. The first consideration is health.
tn next, cleanliness, warmth, ventila-
tin, variety of food.
A strip of shccpskin, with long
wool, tackled TO the places where Il
hrSc sets its teeth, and busted occa-
sbnally with cayenne, will, it is said
hive a restraining effect on the worst
.cribber. n-CiRciHHdti Times.
Silver Cake.-One cupful of sugar
mixed with two tablespoonful of but
tc; add one cupful of flour with one
t~c,spoonful of baking powder; half II
crpful of corn starch. half Il cupful Of
mix, the whites of three eggs, flavor
with vanilla. Bake in a moderate oven.
-sBoston Budget,
Date Pudding.-One-half pound OF
Utes chopped or cut about the size
4 raisins, one-fourth pound of suet
chopped fine, one-fourth pound OF
Tread crumbs, two eggs, and one cup
# sweet milk. Steam three hours. TO
lie eaten with any sauce suitable for
iuit puddings.-Hoaschoid
Another wheat insect, the wheat
,ulb worm, is said to be sometimes a.
: destructive as the Hessian fly and to be
commonly COMPOUNDED with itby wheat
growers. A third brood of this species
also was discovered in midsummer
wheat, so that the same measures
which will destroy the fly will apply tc
This as well.-St. Louis Republican.
No farmer who has u spring OF
stream of running water ON his place
should neglect to raise water cress. =
) led once started will continue to fur
rish leaves during q lifetime. As
relish for meat and fish it has no super
iOr. 1t is also desirable as an orna
mcnt for the table. 1t can be propa
gated by seed or by division of ol'
plants Indianapolis Sentinel.
Rubber rings, such as are used o
fruit cans, often become hard and brit
tie. They can often be restored by LET
ting them lie in water in which yo
have put Il little ammonia. Mix in TIN
proportion one part ammonia and tw
part water. Sometimes they do NJ
need to lie in this more than five mil
utcs, but frequently n half hour
needed to restore their elasticity.
Homes are destroyed in the mo
ruthless manner in pursuit of tn
phantom of lettering ones sclf-hom'
which can never really be restored
the family, for home Is somethir
more than the room which shelters II
friends of early days, the memories
the past, the ancestral graves upon Il
e hillside-are these nothing?-Gold,
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